An Epitome Of Chymical Philosophy: Being An Extended Syllabus Of The Lectures On That Subject, Delivered At Dartmouth College
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An Epitome Of Chymical Philosophy: Being An Extended Syllabus Of The Lectures On That Subject, Delivered At Dartmouth College; And Intended As A Text-book For Students
James Freeman Dana
Printed by Isaac Hill, 1825
Science; Chemistry; General; Chemistry; Philosophy and science; Science / Chemistry / General
Outlines Of The Mineralogy And Geology Of Boston And Its Vicinity, With A Geological Map...
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Outlines Of The Mineralogy And Geology Of Boston And Its Vicinity, With A Geological Map
James Freeman Dana, Samuel Luther Dana
Published by Cummings and Hilliard, 1818
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Outlines Of The Mineralogy And Geology Of Boston And Its Vicinity, With A Geological Map
James Freeman Dana, Samuel Luther Dana
Published by Cummings and Hilliard, 1818
Science; Earth Sciences; Geology; Geology; Mineralogy; Science / Earth Sciences / Geology; Science / Earth Sciences / Mineralogy
James Freeman Dana was an American chemist and successful scientist who dedicated his life to studying chemistry and medicine. He was also a well-known lecturer.
Background
James Freeman Dana was born on September 23, 1793 at Amherst, New Hampshire, United States; the son of Luther and Lucy(Giddings) Dana, and the brother of Samuel Luther Dana. He was descended in the fourth generation from Benjamin, son of Richard Dana who settled at Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States, in 1640. First named Jonathan, he became James in 1820 by a legislative act.
Education
In 1804 the family moved to Exeter, New Hampshire, United States, where the sons attended Phillips Exeter Academy.
Both entered Harvard College in 1809 and graduated in 1813 with the Bachelor of Arts degree.
In college both spent their leisure time in studying natural science. James organized among the students the Hermetic Society, for informal scientific study.
He took all the courses in chemistry offered by Professor John Gorham, and toward the close of the college course took care of the chemical lecture-room and prepared lecture experiments.
In 1817 he received Doctor of Medicine.
Career
After graduation he continued his work in chemistry and geology, though most of his time was devoted to medical studies, in which he was assisted personally by Professor Gorham.
Selected by the Corporation of Harvard in 1815 to go to England and purchase new equipment for the chemical department, he took lessons in London from Friedrich Accum, the best teacher of experimental chemistry in Europe.
On the return voyage he wrote a paper on the “Composition of Oxymuriatic Acid” for which he received in 1817 the Boylston prize a second time.
He supervised the installation of the new equipment in both laboratory and lecture-room.
Soon appointed assistant to the professor of chemistry, he was really the instructor in experimental chemistry, and at the same time he pursued his medical studies.
In the fall he was appointed lecturer on chemistry to medical students at Dartmouth College.
Since Cambridge did not offer him much opportunity as a surgeon, he resigned from the faculty of Harvard in 1820, giving up his practise, and moved to Hanover, New Hampshire, where as professor of chemistry and mineralogy at Dartmouth he remained till 1826.
He retained his interest in geology and medicine, and in 1818 with his brother Samuel published Outlines of Mineralogy and Geology of Boston and its Vicinity, w'hich was one of the first scientific interpretations of this complicated area.
He also published the following papers: “On a New Form of Electric Battery, ” “On the Effect of Vapor on Flame, ” “On the Theory of the Action of Nitrous Gas in Eudiometry, ” “Preparation of Euchlorine Gas. ”
In 1825 he published Epitome of Chymical Philosophy, which was a summary of his lectures on general chemistry, though some space in it was devoted to chemical theory.
His connection with Dartmouth College ended in 1826, when he was appointed professor of chemistry in the College of Physicians and Surgeons at New York.
His work was suddenly terminated by his death in the following year.
Achievements
While an undergraduate he received the Boylston prize for a paper on “Tests for Arsenic" and again in 1817 received the same prize for an essay on the “Composition of Oxymuriatic Acid".